Bread & Roses presents a Screening of The American Nurse
Date and Time
May 14, 2019 6:00 pm
Location
Takoma
235 Carroll St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20012
May 14, 2019 6:00 pm
Takoma
As part of DC LABORFEST, Join us at Busboys and Poets for a screening and discussion of documentary The American Nurse.
The American Nurse Explores some of the biggest issues facing America - aging, war, poverty, prisons - through the work and lives of five nurses. Jason Short drives up a creek to reach a home-bound cancer patient in Appalachia. Tonia Faust runs a prison hospice program where inmates serving life sentences care for their fellow inmates as they're dying. Naomi Cross coaches patient Becky, an ovarian cancer survivor, through the Caesarean delivery of her son. Sister Stephen runs a nursing home filled with goats, sheep, llamas and chickens where the entire nursing staff comes together to sing to a dying resident. And Brian McMillion, an Army veteran and former medic, rehabilitates wounded soldiers returning from war. This film will change how we think about nurses and how we wrestle with the challenges of healing America.
Co-sponsored by the DC Nurses Association, NUHHCE/AFSCME 1199 DC Metropolitan District and 1199 SEIU UHE- MD/DC Region
NOTE: Any nurse that watches the film will be able to get CE credits through Walden University.
DIR/SCR: Carolyn Jones; U.S., 2014, 81 min, Documentary
FREE and open to the public. RSVP HERE!
Bread & Roses is a monthly labor series that features a variety of events focused on workers and organized labor. Each month brings a new topic through interactive discussions, film screenings, and performances. The hope for these events is that attendees walk away with a greater understanding of organized labor, its role in shaping history and current relevance. The name "Bread & Roses" was inspired by a poem/song written by James Oppenheim that appeals for both fair wages and dignified conditions.
